Aviva Orenstein

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Professor of Law

211 S. Indiana Avenue

Bloomington, IN 47405

United States

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Special Issues Raised by Rape Trials

Ethics and Evidence Symposium, Fordham Law Review Vol. 76, 2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Feb 2010
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Evidence, Rape, False Allegations, Rape Shield, Sex Crimes, Propensity, Rule 413

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Facing the Unfaceable: Dealing with Prosecutorial Denial in Postconviction Cases of Actual Innocence

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 48 (2011), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 176
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Prosecutor, DNA Exoneration, Denial, Cognitive Bias, Prosecutorial Ethics

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Deviance, Due Process, and the False Promise of Federal Rule of Evidence 403

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 1487, 2005, IU Law-Bloomington Research Paper No. 36
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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due process, federal law, evidence

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Children as Witnesses: A Symposium on Child Competence and the Accused’s Right to Confront Child Witnesses

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 82, 2007, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 150
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Evidence, Children, Witnesses, Confrontation, Sixth Amendment

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Empirical Fallacies of Evidence Law: A Critical Look at the Admission of Prior Sex Crimes

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 81, p.795 (2013), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 209
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein and Tamara Rice Lave
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of Miami, School of Law
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Child molestation, Rape, Recidivism, Propensity, Character Evidence

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Friends, Gangbangers, Custody Disputants, Lend Me Your Passwords

31 Mississippi College Law Review 185, 2012, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 203
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2014
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Authentication, Social Media, Evidence, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Hearsay

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Her Last Words: Dying Declarations and Modern Confrontation Jurisprudence

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2010 (2010), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 146
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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dying declarations, confrontation, gender, feminism, Crawford, Davis

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Sex, Threats, and Absent Victims: The Lessons of Regina v. Bedingfield for Modern Confrontation and Domestic Violence Cases

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 79 (2010), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 156
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Evidence, Domestic Violence, American Confrontation Doctrine, Confrontation Jurisprudence

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Once We Were Slaves, Now We Are Free: Legal, Administrative, and Social Issues Raised by Passover Celebrations in Prison

Pepperdine Law Review, Forthcoming, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 195
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Passover, Prison, Religion, Jewish, Prisoner’s Rights, Free Expression, RLUIPA, Seder, Kosher

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Evidence and Feminism

Feminist Jurisprudence, Women and The Law: Critical Essays and Articles, Betty W. Taylor, Sharon Rush, Robert John, eds., 1999, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 152
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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evidence, feminism

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Propensity or Stereotype?: A Bad Evidence Experiment in Indian Country

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 19 (2009), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 148
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Evidence, propensity stereotypes, character, Indians, Rule 414, Rule 413

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Debunked, Discredited, but Still Defended: Why Prosecutors Resist Challenges to Bad Science and Some Suggestions for Crafting Remedies for Wrongful Conviction Based on Changed Science

Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 48, 2018, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Oct 2018
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Expert testimony, Scientific Testimony, Prosecutorial ethics, wrongful conviction, discredited science

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Civility in Litigation: How Can the Profession Promote and Enforce Good Behavior?

Indiana Civil Litigation Law Review, Vol. 1, p. 77, 2004, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 151
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein and Torrence Lewis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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civility, discovery

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The Seductive Power of Patriarchal Stories

Taslitz Galaxy Symposium, 2014, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 303
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Sep 2014
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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rape shield, federal rules of evidence, feminism, patriarchal stories, constitutional right to confront witnesses, constitutional right to present a complete defense

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Apology Excepted: Incorporating a Feminist Analysis into Evidence Policy Where You Would Least Expect It

Southwestern University Law Review, Vol. 28, p. 221, 1999, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 153
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2013
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Evidence Rule 407, remedial repair, compromise, Rule 408, apology

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What We Say We Do on Review, What We Actually Do on Review, Why They are so Dissimilar, and How We Manage Not to Notice

Law, Probability and Risk, Vol. 2, pp. 269-274, 2003
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Aviva Orenstein
Indiana University Maurer School of Law

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appellate review, procedural error, neutral principles, review, appeal, error, trial, finality, judges, advocacy, fiction.